The Manor House

The Manor House is a house dating to 1743, with subsequent alterations and an extensive restoration around 1980. It is constructed of red brick with a pantile roof. The plan consists of four rooms, featuring a large entrance hall and staircase to the right, flanked by a drawing room and dining room; a secondary staircase and kitchen are located to the left. The house is two storeys high and has four bays, with a symmetrical three-bay entrance front and single bays to the right and, as a single-storey addition, to the left. The entrance has a six-panel door beneath a moulded hood supported by ornate carved wooden consoles with floral decorations. An ashlar tablet, within a moulded surround and inscribed “Elenor. 16” is positioned above the door. Windows are primarily 16-pane Ellis sashes in flush wooden architraves, with a narrower 12-pane sash above the entrance; a similar 16-pane sash is found in the kitchen section. All windows are 20th-century replacements with ashlar sills. The gables have stone copings and tumbled brickwork. Axial and end stacks are present, with the stack to the right being external. The interior has been largely remodelled in the 20th century, but includes a restored flying staircase and balcony to the entrance hall. An original two-flight return secondary staircase retains a corniced handrail, a plain newel supported by a carved scrolled bracket (possibly a 17th-century reused feature), and distinctive turned balusters with short columns, bulbs, urns and square knops. The kitchen features chamfered oak beams and a rebuilt elliptical-arched fireplace. Fielded-panel doors and window shutters are fitted within architraves.